LV STAR

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · Built 2010s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

LV STAR is a 2012 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2018, most recently in October 2025, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2018 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 15 October 2025.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 15 October 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 15 October 2025

Recorded inspections3

…physical examinations2

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2018–2025)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

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9553218

5LTQ6

1194197

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Maury page id

psix-1194197

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it27808 - Simplified, Net Ton
27808 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
93377 - Displacement, Metric Ton
79252 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
43692 - Simplified, Gross Ton
43692 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 1 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 3

15 October 2025 PSC B · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8253121

22 May 2018 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6420379

22 May 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6421815

Deficiency record · 3

Engineering › Diesel Engine (propulsion-direct drive) › Valve, Check (air start)

Issued 22 May 2018 Resolved

MEANS SHALL BE PROVIDED WHEREBY NORMAL OPERATION OF PROULSION MACHINERY CAN BE SUSTAINED OR RESTORED EVEN THOUGH ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL AUXILIARIES BECOME INOPERATIVE. VESSEL SUFFERED LOSS OF PROPULSION DURING INBOUND TRANSIT. SOLAS 74(14) II-1/26.3

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 22 May 2018
Resolved 24 May 2018
Resolution: SEE CLASS REPORT

Lifesaving › Rescue Boat › Carriage Requirement

Issued 22 May 2018 Resolved

BEFORE THE SHIP LEAVES PORT AND AT ALL TIMES DURING THE VOYAGE, ALL LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES SHALL BE IN WORKING ORDER AND READY FOR IMMEDIATE USE. LIMIT SWITCH FOR RESCUE BOAT DAVIT WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERABLE. SOLAS 74(14)III/20.2

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 22 May 2018
Resolved 24 May 2018
Resolution: SEE CLASS REPORT

Fire Fighting › Fixed Fire Detection System › Smoke Detectors

Issued 22 May 2018 Resolved

FIXED FIRE DETECTION AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE SUITABLE FOR THE NATURE OF THE SPACE, FIRE GROWTH AND POTENTIAL GENERATION OF SMOKE AND GASES. SMOKE DETECTOR IN OILD PURIFIER ROOM WAS INOPERABLE. SOLAS 74(14)II-2/7.1.1

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 22 May 2018
Resolved 22 May 2018

Ownership record

The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title, with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.